Name: AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM
Author: Tamás Sallai

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This course is about how AWS IAM works and how to write policies to control access in an AWS account. In this course, you will learn how AWS APIs work, explore different parts of the requests made to the APIs and elaborates on how access is determined. Additionally, you will dive into how to configure access inside AWS by describing the policy structure and the 5 policy types AWS supports.

Further, you will become familiar with how the elements in the request and the policies fit together. You will also determine whether the operation is allowed or denied by demonstrating through several step-by-step realistic examples that show exactly how IAM evaluates access, thus providing templates for how to apply these protections to AWS environments.

Lastly, this course offers you some practical tips on how to secure an account both as an administrator and as a developer. It explains the best practices and the usual pitfalls of AWS security.

AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM

AWS IAM

Introduction

Where IAM controls access

Access elements: Principal

Access elements: Resource, Action, and Metadata

CloudTrail logging

Access Control Basics

Filters: Principal, Resource, and Action

Filters: Condition

AWS IAM Policy types: identity-based and resource-based

AWS IAM Policy types: SCP, SP, and PB

AWS IAM policy editor

IAM Policies

Evaluation flow

Allow access

Deny access

Using conditions

Restricted resources

Request Evaluation Flow and Examples

How to Secure an AWS Account

Security as an AWS administrator

Security as a developer

Wrap up!

Conclusion

Glossary

Appendix

AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM

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